Infamous desire : male homosexuality in colonial Latin America / edited by Pete Sigal.

Other author Sigal, Peter Herman, 1964-
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2003.
Descriptionviii, 223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Gay men--Latin America. --History.
Homosexuality--Latin America. --History.
Lust--History.
Power (Social sciences)--Latin America. --History.
Sex role--Latin America. --History.

Contents (Homo)sexual desire and masculine power in colonial Latin America: notes toward an integrated analysis / Pete Sigal -- Toward an Andean theory of ritual same-sex sexuality and third-gender subjectivity / Michael J. Horswell -- Gender subordination and political hierarchy in pre-Hispanic America / Richard C. Trexler -- Gendered power, the hybrid self, and homosexual desire in late colonial Yucatan / Pete Sigal -- Politica "abomination" and private reservation: the nefarious sin, homosexuality, and cultural values in colonial Peru / Ward Stavig -- Tales of two Carmelites: inquisitorial narratives from Portugal and Brazil / David Higgs -- Crypto-sodomites in colonial Brazil / Luiz Mott, translated by Salima Popat -- The ashes of desire: homosexuality in mid-seventeenth-century New Spain / Serge Gruzinski, translated by Ignacio López-Calvo.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2002020499
ISBN0226757021 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0226757048 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HQ76.2.L29 I54 2003 ✔ Available Place Hold